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Mirrors
Promo pictures and other things.
1. Missy's outfit looks a lot like she is doing a female cosplay of Eleven.
2. What's up with Handles? (Someone suggested Handles was a Clara echo that had been converted. I like this idea a lot. Clara is EVERYONE!) Although why the deliberate shout-out [in the most recent promo]? There must be a reason.
3. Missy and the Doctor look wonderfully couple-y. This pleases me.
4. Missy's Victorian look - right down to the umbrella - is very Victorian!Clara.
Sidebar: Missy is 'The Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere'. Last we saw the Master he was all about the Immortality Gate. I admit this is a VERY tenuous connection. However, we have had a more recent mention of the Master:
DOCTOR: Yes. If you were trying to break through a wall, you'd choose the weakest spot. If you were trying to break into this universe, you'd choose this crack, because. No. If you were trying to break back into this universe. (to Handles) You said Gallifrey. Why did you say Gallifrey?
HANDLES: Analysis of message composition indicates Gallifreyan origin, according to TARDIS databanks.
CLARA: You said Gallifrey was gone.
DOCTOR: No. I said it was in another universe. The message is coming through here. The truth field is too, at a guess. If it's the Time Lords. If it's the Time Lords.
(He takes a large round item from his trouser pocket.)
DOCTOR: Seal of the High Council of Gallifrey. Nicked it off the Master in the Death Zone. (Five Doctors) There is an algorithm imprinted in the atomic structure. Use it to decode the message.
(He puts the Seal on Handle's forehead.)
In this one image we have Handles, the Master, the Doctor and Gallifrey [the crack]... I want this to be significant. (Nice little gifset here showing how he pockets the Seal.)
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Other thoughts:
Dark Water - Clara is from Blackpool. (With thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
owlsie for making the connection.) This is also where her fear of getting lost first became real:
I used to be terrified of getting lost. Used to have nightmares about it. And then I got lost. Blackpool beach, Bank holiday Monday, about ten billion people. I was about six. My worst nightmare come true.
('I don't know where I am, I don't know where I am...')
Water was of course a major metaphor during the Pond era, and Clara was - in Day of the Doctor - 'the Witch of the Well'.
Both of our first introductions to Clara (Asylum, the Snowmen) took place in snowy places (snow is frozen water, water symbolises time) - and we had snow again in Time of the Doctor when Clara was static in time whilst the Doctor aged. The Snowmen is most interesting thanks to the frozen governess, who was a 'blueprint' for the GI's future plans. The governess was obviously a dark mirror, but how far does that mirror reflect? Does that frozen pond reach all the way to Dark Water?
Otherwise we've not had an abundance of water imagery. There was Cold War, and Clara (and Robin) jumped/were pulled into the lake in Robot of Sherwood. In Deep Breath Vastra's chamber is pretty much a complete mirror of Missy's garden - right down to the fountain with the running water... (Does Vastra somehow mirror Missy?) The moon contained water, which was a sign of life/change...
To steal from Promethia (although a bit of it is mine):
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich, and strange.
1. Missy's outfit looks a lot like she is doing a female cosplay of Eleven.
2. What's up with Handles? (Someone suggested Handles was a Clara echo that had been converted. I like this idea a lot. Clara is EVERYONE!) Although why the deliberate shout-out [in the most recent promo]? There must be a reason.
3. Missy and the Doctor look wonderfully couple-y. This pleases me.
4. Missy's Victorian look - right down to the umbrella - is very Victorian!Clara.
Sidebar: Missy is 'The Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere'. Last we saw the Master he was all about the Immortality Gate. I admit this is a VERY tenuous connection. However, we have had a more recent mention of the Master:
DOCTOR: Yes. If you were trying to break through a wall, you'd choose the weakest spot. If you were trying to break into this universe, you'd choose this crack, because. No. If you were trying to break back into this universe. (to Handles) You said Gallifrey. Why did you say Gallifrey?
HANDLES: Analysis of message composition indicates Gallifreyan origin, according to TARDIS databanks.
CLARA: You said Gallifrey was gone.
DOCTOR: No. I said it was in another universe. The message is coming through here. The truth field is too, at a guess. If it's the Time Lords. If it's the Time Lords.
(He takes a large round item from his trouser pocket.)
DOCTOR: Seal of the High Council of Gallifrey. Nicked it off the Master in the Death Zone. (Five Doctors) There is an algorithm imprinted in the atomic structure. Use it to decode the message.
(He puts the Seal on Handle's forehead.)
In this one image we have Handles, the Master, the Doctor and Gallifrey [the crack]... I want this to be significant. (Nice little gifset here showing how he pockets the Seal.)
~~~
Other thoughts:
Dark Water - Clara is from Blackpool. (With thanks to
owlsie for making the connection.) This is also where her fear of getting lost first became real:I used to be terrified of getting lost. Used to have nightmares about it. And then I got lost. Blackpool beach, Bank holiday Monday, about ten billion people. I was about six. My worst nightmare come true.
('I don't know where I am, I don't know where I am...')
Water was of course a major metaphor during the Pond era, and Clara was - in Day of the Doctor - 'the Witch of the Well'.
Both of our first introductions to Clara (Asylum, the Snowmen) took place in snowy places (snow is frozen water, water symbolises time) - and we had snow again in Time of the Doctor when Clara was static in time whilst the Doctor aged. The Snowmen is most interesting thanks to the frozen governess, who was a 'blueprint' for the GI's future plans. The governess was obviously a dark mirror, but how far does that mirror reflect? Does that frozen pond reach all the way to Dark Water?
Otherwise we've not had an abundance of water imagery. There was Cold War, and Clara (and Robin) jumped/were pulled into the lake in Robot of Sherwood. In Deep Breath Vastra's chamber is pretty much a complete mirror of Missy's garden - right down to the fountain with the running water... (Does Vastra somehow mirror Missy?) The moon contained water, which was a sign of life/change...
To steal from Promethia (although a bit of it is mine):
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich, and strange.
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HANDLES! I don't know, but I would love to see his relevance, and there has to be something indeed.
♥
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Well some people are speculating she's a Clara echo gone bad. And she does look like an evil Mary Poppins. I'm sure it's all deliberate.
HANDLES! I don't know, but I would love to see his relevance, and there has to be something indeed.
It would be very neat. Added some more thoughts btw.
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Could be :D
It would be very neat. Added some more thoughts btw.
*glances up* Ohhhh. Now that is fascinating too :D
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And I have added YET MORE THOUGHTS...
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Even moar! :D Loving that stuff about the Master! And the water and snow relevance… ♥ Plus even the snow was something that mirrored and remembered…
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I've been excited about 'Dark Water' ever since the episode title was announced (got majorly distracted at work and sent such_heights a flaily email about it!). I think the only other overt 'water' reference that I can think of off the top of my head is Danny's thing about digging 23 wells…where does Danny fit into all this?
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It really is an excellent idea. And it means MORE CLARA.
I've been excited about 'Dark Water' ever since the episode title was announced (got majorly distracted at work and sent such_heights a flaily email about it!).
I've not had much to tie it to until 'Blackpool' (well water stuff generally, but nothing Clara specific). So I am even more excited now.
I think the only other overt 'water' reference that I can think of off the top of my head is Danny's thing about digging 23 wells…where does Danny fit into all this?
Wells! I'd forgotten about them. Danny, generally, is the stable factor here. The one living in 'the world', rather than the Doctor (heavens) or Missy (below). If Clara gets pulled in opposite directions (both literally, and as concerns her identity) Danny will be the thing grounding her in her humanity. (A soldier who dug wells. I shall have to ponder.)
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(Also I misspelled
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(entertains self for the next 2 hours by building a water playlist)
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*HUGS*
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Eight was very Victorian, I guess that's why? And thank you - I don't know about 'perfect' but we need SOME way of passing the time/distracting ourselves.
The Doctor holding an OLDER VERSION of 'Handles' is...rather intriguing and interesting!!
Why that exact image? It is so definitely a callback to Trenzalore. And I shall take your word for the dating. :)
Definitely looking forward to this episode! Whoot!!
Two hours, nine minutes...
*HUGS YOU LOTS AND LOTS*
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(Anonymous) 2014-11-01 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)Diona the Lurker
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I wish I was more aware of the Classic show (continuity is my favourite thing in all the world), so it's helpful to have so many friends who can fill in the blanks. Thank you! :)
It's probably intended as a reminder of what happened the last time they tried a full-scale invasion (ignoring the events of Army of Ghosts / Doomsday).
Well I'm sure it can be several things at once! But the deliberate way they've done those shots must mean something...
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(Anonymous) 2014-11-02 05:12 am (UTC)(link)Diona the Lurker
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